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    Hygienist - Houston, United States - Wave Dental Professionals

    Wave Dental Professionals
    Wave Dental Professionals Houston, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Job Type

    Full-time, Part-time

    Description

    Overview of Job

    The Dental Hygienist is the chief preventive provider of the Practice. This team member motivates, educates, and

    provides excellent treatment. Under indirect supervision, the Dental Hygienist will remove hard and soft deposits

    from teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. He or she will educate patients on oral

    hygiene, provide preventative dental care, make, and process radiographs, or apply fluoride or sealants. By

    discovering and documenting areas of failure, both periodontally and restoratively, he or she facilitates the

    dentist's diagnosis and treatment recommendations.

    Primary Responsibilities and Tasks

    Review and update patient's health history; chart progress, treatments, and home care compliance.

    Clean calculus deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments,

    including scaling and root planning for patients with periodontal disease. Apply fluorides and other cavity

    preventing agents to arrest dental decay. Assess and evaluate patient through exam, patient records, and patient's

    medical history to assist in diagnosis of dental hygiene problems, disease, and efficacy of administered treatment

    plans. Complete scheduled treatments.

    Recognize early signs of periodontal disease; chart restorations and notate areas of concern. Develop and present

    treatment plans. Capture x-rays, process, download and organize for doctor to view, capable of interpreting x-rays

    independently. Perform head and neck/oral cancer exam. Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal

    recessed gums and signs of gum disease; communicate findings to patient and doctor. Selecting, mixing, and

    placing materials on instruments and in the patient's mouth, as needed. Educate and motivate patient on proper

    oral hygiene and corrective/preventative measures. Work chair side with Dentist as needed, assist doctor in

    hygiene examination.

    Key Competencies and Characteristics

    • Deliver direct dental hygiene patient care to patients as assigned through prophylaxis and periodontal therapy.
    • Make impressions of patients' teeth for study casts, mouth guards or whitening.
    • Detects disease by completing probing, x-rays, and oral cancer screening.
    • Applies fluorides and other cavity- preventing agents.
    • Fabricates restorations, cleans, and polishes removable appliances.
    • Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions, providing reminders of next dental hygiene visit.
    • Documents dental hygiene services
    Requirements

    Education and Training
    • Associate's or bachelor's degree in dental hygiene.
    • Registered Dental Hygiene License from the practicing state.
    • Current CPR.
    • Knowledge of Open Dental and XDR a plus.
    • Possess outstanding time management and communication skills.
    • Ability to work within a team for the good of the patient and practice.
    FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-Exempt

    Reports to: Operations Manager
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